James Castle’s Home to Become a Cultural Center

Established by Boise City Department of Arts and History, the James Castle House in Boise, Idaho will open in October of 2017, forty years after James Castle’s death. Offering diverse educational opportunities, exhibition space, and residency programs, the James Castle House will preserve the home of self-taught artist James Castle while supporting emerging artists with an authentic context for better understanding the interplay between environment and creative process.

Smithsonian American Art Museum Acquisition

The Smithsonian American Art Museum recently acquired some 54 pieces by James Castle, including drawings, handmade books, texts, and constructions, which reveal the remarkable quality of Castle’s vision. The exhibition, Untitled: The Art of James Castle September 26, 2014 – February 1, 2015 explores how the works themselves can elucidate the world of one of the most enigmatic American artists of the 20th century. These works, Gift of the James Castle Collection and Archive and museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment can be viewed on the American Art Museum’s Collections page.

Peter Freeman, Inc. booth at the ADAA Fair

My Highlights from ADAA: The Art Show 2014JOHN ELDERFIELD

This is a selection of fairly unassuming but still wonderful pieces that might easily get lost amid the noisy appeal of bigger, brighter, bolder works. The problem with art fairs is Read more...

The Art Show

The Encyclopedic Palace

The 55th International Art Exhibition entitled Il Palazzo Enciclopedico (The Encyclopedic Palace), curated by Massimiliano Gioni and organized by la Biennale di Venezia chaired by Paolo Baratta, will open to the public from Saturday,June 1 to Sunday, November 24, 2013 at the Giardini and at the Arsenale. The preview is on May 29, 30 and 31. The award ceremony and the inauguration will take place on Saturday, June 1. Read more...

David Adamo/James Castle

Peter Freeman, Inc is pleased to present a new exhibition with artists David Adamo and James Castle. What had originally been planned to be two simultaneous one-person exhibitions has instead been purposefully integrated throughout the space: new work by Adamo installed in a dialogue with historic work by Castle, specially selected byAdamo. Read more...

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James Castle

The James Castle Collection and Archive maintains James Castle’s
collection of drawings, handmade books and constructions, in addition to
his tools, supplies, source materials, and his cottage studio, as well
as family photographs and historical documents.

The mission of
the James Castle Collection and Archive is to cultivate and preserve
Castle’s artistic legacy, make artwork available for exhibition to
non-profit institutions, and place his work in museum collections
throughout the world. The collection also consigns artwork directly to
select galleries in the U.S. and abroad for exhibition and sale.

Located
in Boise, Idaho, the James Castle Collection and Archive is accessible
by appointment to curators, scholars, writers and educators interested
in the work of James Castle.